#51C2B2#51C2B2

#51C2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.105 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C2B2
RGB	rgb(81, 194, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -35.85, -1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 35.89, 182.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.1051 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.105 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7174, 43.5442, 48.8969)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C2B2 #C25161

analogous

#51C27A #51C2B2 #519AC2

triadic

#51C2B2 #B251C2 #C2B251

tetradic

#51C2B2 #7A51C2 #C25161 #9AC251

square

#51C2B2 #7A51C2 #C25161 #9AC251

split-complementary

#51C2B2 #C2519A #C27A51

monochromatic

#287167 #379E90 #51C2B2 #7ED2C6 #ACE2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#51C2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#51C2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C2B2

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C2B2	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 194, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.105 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd5c9',
    500: '#51c2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c2b2;
$custom-light: #8dd5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.504,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C2B2

secondary

#D09FA6

accent

#5063D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C2B2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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